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ladodgerjon
10-26-2006, 03:23 PM
Yikes! Here's a scary nightmare scenario for this Halloween weekend:

According to today's (10/26) L.A. Times, an estimated 25,000 participants will be descending upon Anaheim today for the first AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) national convention in two years (last year's meeting in New Orleans was cancelled after hurricane Katrina).

This figure does not include the hundreds of volunteers, vendors or administrative staff that will be in attendance.

The convention will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday with two big concerts featuring Bill Cosby and Elton John. Several other celebrities will make various appearances.

Sooo... you think, "Why is DodgerJon making this an issue?"

It's not so much an "issue" as putting a flag on the play...

AARP's attending members this weekend are largely under the age of sixty. That fact probably translates into the reality of active folks that like people-watching... riding trains... catching steam boat rides... and seeing what the new Johnny Depp pirate looks like.

In short, a bunch of folks that like visiting places called, "The Happiest Place On Earth."

My guess is that Friday, Saturday and Sunday will see the resort loaded with conventioners. Combine that with the heavy attendance generated by Halloween ad campaigns, and I think the lines will be a bit longer this weekend.

Opus1guy
10-26-2006, 05:26 PM
Weekend Of The Living Dead. Sounds scary.

;)

Opus...an AARP member for over a decade now.

3894
10-27-2006, 02:41 AM
Weekend Of The Living Dead. Sounds scary.

Opus...an AARP member for over a decade now.

Let's go people-watching, riding trains, catching steam boat rides and seeing what the new Johnny Depp pirate looks like, Opus.

3894/Helen .... whose hubby has been an AARP member for almost a decade now

RStar
10-27-2006, 05:45 AM
Well, there are conventions there almost every day. And a lot of them go to Disneyland across the street. So I don't think this will make a difference from usual traffic.

*RStar is only 3 years from joining AARP....:eek:

hefferdude
10-27-2006, 07:07 AM
Weekend Of The Living Dead. Sounds scary.


lol. We call Santa Barbara the town of the "newly wed and the nearly dead".

cstephens
10-27-2006, 09:40 AM
It can't be worse than a few weeks ago, when it was the first weekend of Halloweentime, Gay Days and the CHOC walk.